The city lord of this heavy mountain city actually provided free gems to enter the trial ground, and after the trial was over, the magic core and other rewards obtained by the trialist were all owned by the trialist himself, and he did not have to pay any fees.

No wonder so many trialists came here, the trial items and trial rules of the trial ground are already relatively clear, and there are also people who provide gems, as long as a person who has the heart to become a trialist, I am afraid that he will not let go of such an opportunity.

"What is the idea of this Chongshan City Lord, is he a good man with a lot of money and no place to spend it, and a problem with his brain?" After Li Xiu listened, he felt a little unbelievable.

But the facts are in front of you again, the trial gate of Chongshan City will be opened for free every three days, and many people have already received rewards from it.

One person can be a deception if he says that he has received a reward, and ten people can also be a deception, but in so many months, there have been hundreds of people who have received rewards from the Gate of Trials in Chongshan City, and it is indeed quite difficult to deceive people.

"Those who are chosen, will they all be the ones arranged in advance by the Lord of Chongshan City?" Sha Chu said with a deep groan.

"Just go to the City Lord's Mansion and have a look." Li Xiu said with a smile.

Anyway, they also have to go to the City Lord's Mansion, and now the person who is most likely to take away the Ximen Official Demon Costume is the City Lord of this heavy mountain city, and they have to go to see what kind of person it is.

Today happened to be the day of selecting the trialists, and Li Xiu and the others went to the City Lord's Mansion where the trialists were being selected.

The square in front of the City Lord's Mansion was crowded with people, all lining up to sign up for the trialist selection.

Li Xiu looked at it for a while and found that the rules for this selection were quite fair.

The Lord of Chongshan Castle has set up a total of three test items, which test people's speed, strength, and reflexes respectively.

Those who rank in the top 10 in terms of comprehensive physical fitness will be placed in the testing ground tomorrow.

It's a pity that they didn't see the Chongshan City Lord himself, there was a special person in charge of selecting the trialists.

"It looks like my magic costume has fallen into the hands of someone who knows how to do it." Ximen Guan pondered for a moment, and suddenly snorted coldly.

"You mean, the Chongshan City Lord recruited so many people to the trial ground, and it has something to do with your magic costume?" Although Li Xiu understood what Ximen Guan meant, he didn't understand what the relationship between the magic costume and the trial ground was.

Ximen Guan pursed his lips and said, "The magic costume I studied is extraordinary, although there are still some missing links, and there is no way to use it now. But those who know how to know the value of my magic suit at a glance, and they will find a way to complete it if they are bankrupt. However, if you want to complete the last few links, you need some special magic cores, and that heavy mountain city lord has done so many things just to get a special S-level magic core from this testing ground. ”

"You already knew there was a Door of Trials?" Li Xiu said.

"Why do you think I chose this place for the lab?" Ximen Guan sneered: "Since I know where the magic suit is, then I can rest assured, and I will find a way to get it back in the future." ”

After a pause, Ximen Guan said to Li Xiu: "I already know very well what the Chongshan City Lord wants to do, he recruited people into the trial ground, but it was just to make the S-level trial appear faster, it seems that he has put a lot of effort into this trial ground, and even thought of this method." If you want to get some reinforcements and rewards, you can take this opportunity to go in a few times, and someone will ask you to strengthen your body for free, so why not. If you can meet that Shigeyama Castle Lord, help me see what kind of person he is. ”

Ximen Guan also told Li Xiu some details of this trial ground, and the information he said was more detailed than that announced by the city lord of Bishan.

The trial ground in Chongshan Castle is called the Brave Trial Ground, and the trial is easy to say, but difficult to say.

There is only one trial item in the Proving Ground of the Brave, the Dark Labyrinth, which is to pass through a completely dark labyrinth.

The labyrinth itself is not very difficult, there are four doors in each room, and then there will be many such rooms connected together, and you can find a way out within the time limit to pass the trial.

The higher the level of the Dark Labyrinth, the more rooms there are and the shorter the time to pass through.

But in the dark labyrinth below grade A, as long as you are careful enough to be able to write down all the routes you have taken, even if you try door by door, the time is enough to pass through the maze.

The most difficult point is that there is no ability to see in it, and you can only rely on your brain to remember the route you have walked, and it is easy to lose your sense of direction and repeat the route you have walked, so it is difficult to get out.

The city lord of Chongshan made these rules very clear, as long as he didn't encounter the A-level dark maze trial, the chance of being able to come out alive was very high.

But he said one less thing, the more people pass through the Dark Labyrinth, the next time the Dark Labyrinth is opened, the chance of an advanced Dark Labyrinth appearing will gradually increase.

Of course, the more people die inside, the higher chance of the advanced dark labyrinth appearing.

The more people who easily pass through the dark labyrinth at first, the more people who can't resist the temptation and want to take advantage.

The Chongshan City Lord also said very clearly, if they encounter an A-level dark labyrinth, the probability of death is also very high, this is their own choice, even if they die in it, it is no wonder that the Chongshan City Lord.

People who have already tasted the sweetness, even if they encounter an A-level dark maze once, will only feel that they are unlucky this time and encounter an A-level dark maze.

"In that case, let's go sign up for the trial." A bandit said.

Li Xiu nodded, he also had this intention. The Dark Labyrinth wasn't a problem for him, and it was great to be rewarded and physically enhanced at no cost.

In the past, Li Xiu was not short of money, but now he has a demigod to raise, and he is really short of money, and he can save a little bit.

Moreover, physical strengthening is also very important to Li Xiu, the Fire Lotus Sword on his body is still too heavy, and his body needs to become stronger.

Li Xiu, Sha Chu, and Ah Bandit all signed up for the trial selection, and compared to these people who did not enter the stream, Li Xiu was much stronger than most people, not to mention Ah Bandit and Sha Chu.

Except for Li Xiu's speed test score, which was very low, the other test scores were very high.

In the final comprehensive score, Li Xiu was actually brushed down, and Ah Bandit and Sha Chu were easily selected.

"Fire Lotus Sword, Fire Lotus Sword, what are you going to make trouble?" Li Xiu sighed lightly, but he didn't take it to heart.

After Ah Bandit and Sha Chu were taken to the City Lord's Mansion, Li Xiu and Ximen Guan stayed in a hotel in the city.

Next to the hotel, there is a gem street, after dinner, Li Xiu decided to go out to the next gem street to take a stroll.

Li Xiu asked Ximen Guan to go with him, but he refused, and he was in his room alone with the door closed, and he didn't know what he was messing with.

Chongshan City is located at the junction of Guyue City and Hongsha City, although it does not produce gems itself, but there are many gem merchants from other parts of the Southern Cross Federation.

Jewel Street is quite lively, and in addition to the shops, you can see street vendors everywhere on the street.

They spread a piece of cloth on the ground, or made a shabby table, and put it there to sell precious stones.

Generally, there are no gems on the table, and when there are customers to visit, the stall owner will take out small plastic bags containing various gemstones, mainly rubies, sapphires and spinels.

There are also cheap ones like tourmaline, peridot, aquamarine, zircon, topaz, moonstone, and many more.

However, most of the gems sold in those small stalls are not of good quality, especially rubies and sapphires have a lot of impurities, and there are no very large ones, and some people even directly take the rough stones to sell.

Li Xiu suspected that many of these stall owners were gem miners, and after digging gems from the black mines, they took them here to sell.

Of course, it is not excluded that there are those who are selling and buying without capital, and they have robbed gems outside to sell stolen goods here.

Li Xiu looked at it as he walked, he didn't care whether the gemstone was good or not, whether the cut was good or not, whether the fire flashed or not; He doesn't care if the gems are big or small, the main thing is to see if those gems make him hungry.

Looking at it while walking, Li Xiu was more or less disappointed, the gems that gave birth to demon spirits were really rare, and there were thousands of gems he had seen along the way, but none of them could make him hungry.

"What kind of gem is this?" At a street stall, Li Xiu finally found a gem that made him hungry.

The stall was a rag with a pile of colorful gems, the smaller ones the size of a fingernail, and the largest being bigger than a mahjong tile.

"This is an authentic natural topaz, and this is a natural crystal." When the old man saw Li Xiu asking, he immediately greeted him warmly.

Although Li Xiu didn't pay much attention to gems before, he still knew some things about common sense.

Topaz is a gemstone that was still very common before the arrival of the demon, and now topaz is not very expensive, because there are very few trial doors opened by topaz, and the yield of topaz is very high, so the value is naturally not very high.

The hardness and refractive index of topaz are relatively high among gemstones, and even close to diamond.

Not long after topaz was first discovered, some people mistook it for a diamond.

What was once a diamond in a king's crown was later proven to be a colorless topaz.

Most natural topaz has no color, with a few shades of orange, yellow, blue and red.

In the past, most of the topaz sold in the market was treated and lasered or coated to make it appear blue, pink and other colors, and the value of this topaz itself is not high.

These colorful topazes placed on the old man's stall are obviously the kind of goods that have been color-treated, and when the jewelry is okay, it is estimated that it is worse to feed the demon spirits.

Of course, if it is a real natural topaz, especially the yellow topaz known as the imperial topaz, the value is another matter.

"Is this one a topaz too?" Li Xiu asked, pointing to a dark blue topaz.

"Authentic and natural London blue topa, you look at this color and this cut, this water droplet is shiny, enough for more than thirteen carats, you can't find a second such perfect topa on the whole street, only fifty catties of rice......" The old man saw that Li Xiu was a chick, and he bragged wildly.

"I don't have rice, how about exchanging this rough stone with you?" Li Xiu took out a pink spinel rough stone and held it in the palm of his hand for the old man to see.

This is one of the pink spinels that Li Xiu found last time, when he was feeding the Pink Dream Demon, maybe because he was too small and had too many impurities, the Pink Dream Demon didn't eat it.

Originally, there were five such pink spinels, and the rough itself was more than one carat, and if it was polished and cut, the remaining part would be less than one carat.

When the old man saw the pink spinel rough, his eyes lit up suddenly, but his face showed a somewhat embarrassed expression and said, "Such a small rough stone, what kind of rough gem is this?" ”

"Spinel." Li Xiu replied.

Seeing that Li Xiu knew what kind of rough stone this was, the old man said again: "Spinel is a good thing, but this rough stone is too small, after cutting and polishing, it is estimated that there will be a 0.5 carat, and it is not suitable to change my topa, come on, let me see it first." ”

The old man took the spinel rough stone in Li Xiu's hand, leaned in front of his eyes and looked left and right, the more he looked at it, the happier he was in his heart.

Although this spinel rough is not large, the color and quality are quite good, if it is cut well, it can have about 0.70.8 carats, although the value is not very expensive, but it is much more expensive than his toppa.

Spinel can be used more than topaz and produced much less than topaz.

"It looks pretty good, but I lost too much for such a small spinel rough for such a big natural London blue topaz, do you still have such a rough stone, get me another one, and I'll change it for you." The old man's face looked reluctant, but his hidden eyes looked like hooks, and he glanced straight into Li Xiu's pocket.

Li Xian wanted to say something, but heard a person next to him say: "You don't change me." ”’

Li Xiu turned his head to look and saw that the person who spoke was a young man about twenty years old, who looked quite handsome, but he was a little too handsome, his skin was white, his facial features were very exquisite, he was more than one hundred and eighteen years tall, his body proportion was also quite good, and his long legs were very eye-catching.

Seeing Li Xiu looking at him, the young man nodded and smiled at Li Xiu, and then said: "I also have a London blue topaz, if you are interested, you can go to my side to have a look, you can pick a dozen carats of water droplet blue topa, I only need this spinel rough." ”

When the old man listened to the young man's words, he didn't get angry or angry, and he didn't pay attention to the young man, but said to Li Xiu in a weird way: "Little brother, there are everyone in these years, be careful to be greedy and cheap, and suffer big losses, in case there is a good one, don't blame my old man for not reminding you." ”

The young man was obviously still too young, and when he heard the old man say this, his face immediately changed, and he wanted to say something to the old man.

Li Xiu stopped the young man and said to the old man with a smile: "Old man, I will talk to you first, of course, I will give priority to trading with you, one rough stone for your topaz, if you don't change it, I will consider other people." ”

"Forget it, seeing that you are not bad, I will take it as a good deed every day, old man, lest someone be deceived by bad people and don't know what's going on." As the old man spoke, he deliberately glanced at the young man.

He can't call it a hint, that is, he clearly said that the young man was a liar and wanted to trap Li Xiu.

"Who do you say is a liar?" The young man was angry and anxious, but he didn't make a move with the old man, and he couldn't say anything for a while.

"Then thank you, old man." Li Xiu smiled and took the blue topaz handed by the old man.

"You change it with him, and you'll regret it." The youthful stamped his feet, and when he saw that Li Xiu had changed, he turned around and left depressedly.

Li Xiu grabbed his arm, put away the blue topa, and said to the young man with a smile: "Brother, don't be in a hurry, can you have a cup of tea together?" ”

"You've changed everything, and what kind of tea do you drink?" Although the young man was very unhappy, he did not shake off Li Xiu's hand holding him.

"Let's talk while we drink." Li Xiu saw a tea shop not far from the left, so he pulled the young man over and asked for a pot of tea to sit down.

"Thank you for your patronage, you go slowly, next time you have a rough stone to come to my old man and give you a discount." The old man put away the spinel rough and shouted at Li Xiu with a smile.

"Thank you." Li Xiu's words made the youth angry again.

"Two little rookies, the old man gave you a lesson, and the tuition fee is not much." After the two walked away, the old man proudly touched out the pink spinel rough, looked at it, touched it and touched it, and he couldn't put it down.

"You don't believe me, why are you pulling me here?" When the young man sat down, he was still indignant.

"I believe in you." Li Xiu smiled.

"Why do you believe me should trade with him?" The young man thought that Li Xiu was just perfunctory to him.

"Don't be in a hurry, take a sip of tea, I'll talk to you slowly." Li Xiu picked up the teapot and teacup, poured a cup of tea and put it in front of the young man.

"What do you mean?" Although the young man was a little anxious, he was not stupid, and he heard Li Xiu's voice.

Li Xiu took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, took out the topaz from his pocket and put it on the table in front of the young man.

"Take a closer look at this gem." Li Xiu smiled.

"What's so nice, isn't it topaz?" The young man was a little puzzled, but he still picked up the gem and looked at it carefully.

The pear-shaped blue gemstone has very good brilliance and is finely cut, and you can see a good fire from different angles.

"This gem...... It's like ......" Looking at it, the young man seemed to see something, and his eyes gradually changed.

"Seems like what?" Li Xiu took a sip of the teacup and asked with a smile.

"Isn't this topaz?" The young man looked at Li Xiu and asked uncertainly.

"What do you think it is?" Li Xiu continued to ask.

The young man picked it up again and looked at it carefully, and after a while, he looked at Li Xiu with some unconfidence and said, "Could it be that this is an aquamarine...... Such a color...... If it's aquamarine...... I think it has to be Santa Maria...... However, this color is slightly different from the aquamarine of Santa Maria. ”

Li Xiu smiled and said nothing, he knew that this was definitely not a dyed topa, but he didn't know what kind of gem it was, so he could only let the young man see it for himself.